Comments on: Politics: McCain isn’t all that maverickry after all

By: ollie

ollie — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:07:09 +0000

McCain rally in Davenport; doors open at 8:30 and the event starts at 10:30. I am leaving at about 7; the McCain campaign called and said that you could get tickets at the door.

So, this is an open invitation to anyone who wants to carpool (even Republicans!).

Yes, at the rally I’ll keep my mouth shut and be very, very respectful.

If McCain says “Who is Barack Obama” I promise not to yell out “Our Next President!” as I want to get out of there alive.

By: postsimian

postsimian — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:07:45 +0000

Heh, missed the truthiness part.

By: mcsey

mcsey — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:49:34 +0000

Gawdarn postsimian/sctobrien neither irony nor Stephen Colbert watching appear to be amongst your strengths — though given the former the latter is probably understandable.

truthiness — the /appearance/ of being true

By: postsimian

postsimian — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:41:26 +0000

Floyd — are you kidding me? RS is one of the best sources on popular culture and current events (yes, that includes the political articles). I wouldn’t put it in the same category as news or even expertise (and really, it shouldn’t be used for that anyway). But if you want to know what people are thinking, RS is indispensable and Taibbi is good reading about 99% of the time.

That being said, I am stealing the phrase “oleâ€™ thundermug.” It is epic.

sctobrien — THANK YOU. I can’t believe people are still parroting that crap. Gore has been exonerated for YEARS now.

By: cara fka cgiselle12

cara fka cgiselle12 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:31:07 +0000

Prego – you are so clever! Serious funny!

And Roger Cohen writes a really interesting and astute review of the Veep debate in his WaPo column today:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602634.html

Note: WaPo is a conservative paper.

I liked Joe Biden’s deconstruction of McCain’s “maverick”-ness in last week’s debate – it was spot on.

By: sctobrien

sctobrien — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:49:08 +0000

mcsey,

Quit picking on Al Gore and the moronic internet inventing lie. He never said that or claimed that.

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

On top of that, in an issue of, I believe Time magazine earlier this year, the father of the “internet” was interviewed and even he stated Al Gore was very, very instrumental in the version of the internet that we have today.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:48:53 +0000

Reading RS for the political news is just not smart. This guy Matt Taibbi, who has been covering the campaign for a while now, is just unreadable, almost. The politics pages of RS is always the last thing I read, and that’s only during a lengthy time on the ole’ thundermug.

By: mcsey

mcsey — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:41:00 +0000

It should also perhaps be pointed out that this whole “trollop/c–t” thing was right smack dab in the middle of Mrs. McCain’s prescription drug problem. They might not have been on the best of terms… just saying.

In the end though it doesn’t much matter. With other well documented examples of McCain’s temper and sexist behavior, the anecdote has the immortal power of truthiness, and as we know that is all it takes. Al Gore claims he invented the Internet — right?

By: diane vespa

diane vespa — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:46:13 +0000

Bill, you gossip more than any girl I know.

By: sctobrien

sctobrien — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:55:36 +0000

I’m just curious…..how many other documented acts of sexism and nastiness to women does it take for people to see a person’s true character?

For example, I just recently made a posting with the video where a McCain supporter calls Hillary Clinton a “bitch” and not only does McCain refuse to admonish his supporter, but he ads a joke of his own.

Then, there is the disgusting Ms. Buffalo Chip contest video.

On top of that, there is his treatment of his first wife.

I find it quite hilarious that Billy has a problem with a publication that actually fact checks it’s reporting, most probably because it falls beyond his political leanings.

Okay, now someone, throw in the Clenis to distract from the original point.